Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Police have arrested five suspects and seized 22kg of heroin with a street value of Dh10 million in five separate operations at airports including Dubai, Muscat and Milan.
Colonel Dr Rashid Mohammad Bursheed, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Abu Dhabi Police, said that information presented by Abu Dhabi police to the Ministry of Interior’s General Administration of Federal Drug Control was reported to the specialised units. This led to foiling the attempt to smuggle 22 kilograms of heroin drug, estimated at more than Dh1.5 million if sold wholesale and around Dh10 million if sold as retail.
Five people of different Asian and African nationalities were held, two at Dubai airport, one at Muscat airport, one at Milan airport, and a fifth person was held after his attempt to push 17.5 kilos of drugs in one of the UAE’s emirates.
He added that every information was passed on to the Ministry of Interior’s General Administration of Federal Drug Control. The reports indicated that there were drug promotion networks, four smuggling attempts through Gulf and international airports, as well as a fifth case to push drugs in one of the country’s emirates. The whole issue was dealt with through high professionalism which resulted in foiling the attempts and capturing the smugglers.
The Abu Dhabi Police in the first and second cases was able to pass information which led to holding two Asian passengers who tried to smuggle heroin capsules through their intestines at Dubai international airport. The first had swallowed 118 capsules weighing 1 kilogram and 50 grams, whereas the second passenger had swallowed 104 capsules weighing 900 grams.
The Abu Dhabi police also took part in holding an Asian passenger at Muscat airport. He had arrived from an Asian country with his intestines stuffed with 134 heroin capsules weighing 1 kilo and 200 grams. Another passenger was held while trying to smuggle 940 grams of heroin through Milan airport arriving from an Asian country
